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20 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 7701 (2026)

 Short title of chapter - UTC 101.

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CHAPTER 77

TRUSTS

 

Subchapter

A.  General Provisions

B.  Judicial Proceedings

C.  Representation

D.  Creation, Validity, Modification and Termination of Trust

E.  Creditor's Claims; Spendthrift and Discretionary Trusts

F.  Revocable Trusts

G.  Office of Trustee

H.  Duties and Powers of Trustee

H.1. Directed Trusts

I.  Liability of Trustees and Rights of Persons Dealing with Trustees

J.  Miscellaneous Provisions

 

Enactment.  Chapter 77 was added July 7, 2006, P.L.625, No.98, effective in 120 days.

Cross References.  Chapter 77 is referred to in section 6114 of this title; sections 5547, 5548, 5550, 8620, 8818, 9115, 9135 of Title 15 (Corporations and Unincorporated Associations).

 

 

SUBCHAPTER A

GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

Sec.

7701.  Short title of chapter - UTC 101.

7702.  Scope of chapter - UTC 102.

7703.  Definitions - UTC 103.

7704.  Knowledge - UTC 104.

7705.  Trust controls; mandatory rules - UTC 105.

7706.  Common law of trusts; principles of equity - UTC 106.

7707.  Governing law - UTC 107.

7708.  Situs of trust.

7709.  Methods and waiver of notice - UTC 109.

7710.  Notice; others treated as beneficiaries - UTC 110.

7710.1. Nonjudicial settlement agreements - UTC 111.

7710.2.  Rules of construction - UTC 112.

 

Cross References.  Subchapter A is referred to in section 7701 of this title.

§ 7701.  Short title of chapter - UTC 101.

Subchapters A (relating to general provisions) through I (relating to liability of trustees and rights of persons dealing with trustees) shall be known and may be cited as the Uniform Trust Act.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 2009–2024 · leading case: Com v. UPMC, Appeal of Com. by A.G., 208 A.3d 898 (Pa. 2019).
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Com v. UPMC, Appeal of Com. by A.G., 208 A.3d 898 (Pa. 2019). “§§ 5101 - 6162, and the Uniform Trust Act, 20 Pa.C.S. §§ 7701 - 7790.3. See Petition at ¶¶ 98-110.”
In re Est. of Stephano, 981 A.2d 138 (Pa. 2009). · cites it 2× “6, 2006, as codified, 20 Pa.C.S. § 7701, et seq. In fairness to the Majority, neither party nor the lower courts reference this new statute.”
Wade Harvey ex rel. Alexis Breanna Gladden v. Cumberland Trust & Inv. Co., 532 S.W.3d 243 (Tenn. 2017). “910 (2011); 20 Pa. Cons. Stat. §§ 7701 to 7799.3 (2006); S.”
Est. of Fridenberg v. Commonwealth, 33 A.3d 581 (Pa. 2011). · cites it 2× “The Legislature once more amended the law in 2006, deleting Chapter 71 from the PEF Code and adding Chapter 77, the Uniform Trust Act (UTA), 20 Pa.C.S. § 7701 et seq. [3] Section 7768 of the UTA provides: Compensation of trustee—UTC 708 (a) If unspecified.”
In re Taylor Intervivos Trust, 40 Pa. D. & C.5th 381 (2014). · cites it 2× “20 Pa.C.S. §7701. Both sides in this statutory puzzle rely on sections of the PEF Code that fall within the *391 parameters of the Uniform Trust Act.”
Wade Harvey ex rel. Alexis Breanna Gladden v. Cumberland Trust & Inv. Co., No. E2015-00941-SC-R11-CV (Tenn. Ct. App. Oct. 20, 2017). “910 (2011); 20 Pa. Cons. Stat. §§ 7701 to 7799.3 (2006); S.”
Wade Harvey ex rel. Alexis Breanna Gladden v. Cumberland Trust & Inv. Co., No. E2015-00941-SC-R11-CV (Tenn. Oct. 20, 2017). “910 (2011); 20 Pa. Cons. Stat. §§ 7701 to 7799.3 (2006); S.”
In re Est. of McAleer Apl of: W. McAleer, 248 A.3d 416 (Pa. 2021). “Additionally, relying upon the Uniform Trust Act, 20 Pa.C.S. §§ 7701 et seq., Justice Donohue further contends that trustees’ “right to use corpus funds both for the administration of the trust and for reimbursement of expenses incurred in connection therewith” implicitly means…”
B.W. Ebersole & J. Matlack v. Com. of PA, No. 360 F.R. 2020 (Pa. Commw. Ct. Oct. 10, 2023). “” 20 Pa. C.S. §7701. 13 The Commonwealth characterizes paragraph two as “comments to the relevant statute.”
Trust of John S. Middleton, Appeal of: J.S.M., No. 2449 EDA 2022 (Pa. Super. Ct. Mar. 21, 2024). “The Uniform Trust Act ("UTA"), 20 Pa. C.S. §7701, et. seq. recognizes asettlor's participation in the ongoing administration of non-charitable irrevocable trusts only in limited circumstances, none of which is applicable here.”
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